I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
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Ecclesiastes 2:1 in context
Ecclesiastes 2:1–4
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I said in my heart, “Come now, I will test you with mirth; therefore enjoy pleasure;” and behold, this also was vanity.
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I said of laughter, “It is foolishness;” and of mirth, “What does it accomplish?”
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I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.
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I made myself great works. I built myself houses. I planted myself vineyards.
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